by Angela Guess Doug Henschen recently asked the readers of InformationWeek, “What big data vendor hauls in more revenue than Cloudera, Hortonworks, and MapR combined? It’s Splunk, which last week reported yet another year of fast growth, reaching $450.9 million in revenue in its fiscal 2015 year ended January 31, a 49% increase over prior-year […]

by Angela Guess Saroj Kar of Cloud Times recently wrote, “McAfee in a recent report said enterprises expect to see an increase in attacks aimed at shared resources in any IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS (Infrastructure, Platform, or Software as a Service) cloud environment. Cybercriminal will target cloud-based applications and data repositories such as the ubiquitous hypervisors found […]

by Angela Guess Fast Company recently put together a list of the ten most innovative companies using Big Data around the world. At the top of the list is GE: “General Electric is best known for its machine making, but it’s gotten smart and branded itself as a big-data company, too, by pushing its vision for […]

by Jennifer Zaino Last week the world learned that the hacks at Target hit more customers than originally thought – somewhere in the 100 million vicinity – and that Neiman Marcus also saw customer credit card information spirited away by data thieves. They’re not the first big-name outfits to suffer a security setback, could they […]

by Angela Guess Brian Nichols of The Motley Fool recently wrote, “Big data is one of the most hyped industries in the market, with companies Splunk and Tableau Software being market favorites. The reason for this excitement lies in its growth rate — six times faster than IT — but that growth comes at a cost, implying that under-the-radar big […]

by Angela Guess John Moore of Daily Finance recently wrote, “It’s not just the usual suspects, IBM, Oracle, and Teradata that are mining profits with data. As businesses and consumers create byte after byte of data, other firms are shaping the way that data is created, consumed and archived. Datawatch , Tableau Software , and Splunk are the new breed in the data sub-sector. These firms […]

by Angela Guess A new article out of Splunk reports, “Cloudmeter, a provider of leading software solutions that transforms real-time network Big Data into actionable information for IT and business users, today announced that Cloudmeter Stream for Splunk(R) Enterprise is available for immediate download on Splunkbase.com. Cloudmeter Stream for Splunk allows Splunk users to unlock […]

by Angela Guess Splunk is searching for a Software Engineer in San Francisco, CA. According to the post this position will “Design and develop solutions for the Infrastructure and Operations space with focus on solutions for VMWare, Hadoop and associated cross-silo areas. Responsibilities also include developing an automation framework for testing such solutions. Design solutions […]

by Angela Guess Splunk is looking for a Senior Product Manager of Big Data Integrations in San Francisco, CA. The post states, “Splunk is looking for a product leader to own integrations with Hadoop, Cassandra and a variety of NoSQL technologies. In this role, you will define the user epics and stories that make Splunk […]